Warwick Davis

The most successful little person actor in the history of film, Warwick Davis enjoyed an amazing career in the fantasy genre. The 11-year-old's featured role in "Return of the Jedi" (1983) as Wicket t...
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Morrissey pulls out of chat show appearance

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WENN.com
Mar 26, 2015

British rocker Morrissey pulled out of an interview on a U.K. chat show just hours before taping was due to begin on Wednesday (25Mar15). The former The Smiths frontman was due to give a rare interview on British series Alan Carr: Chatty Man, but it was scrapped at the last minute as transport issues stopped Morrissey travelling from Belfast, Northern Ireland to London in time for filming.
A representative for the show writes in a post on Twitter.com, "Sadly Morrissey can't be with us this week - stuck in Belfast."
According to Britain's Daily Mirror newspaper, Carr explained Morrissey's cancellation to the audience, saying, "Can I just say I am so sorry... I went to see him in Belfast last night. He was going to come over but his tour bus got a flat tyre and you know he don't fly (sic). So we could not get him over in time."
Harry Potter actor Warwick Davis replaced Morrissey on the show, which airs in the U.K. on Friday (27Mar15).

Stars including Boy George, Simon Le Bon and Billy Idol have paid tribute to eighties pop icon Steve Strange after he died on Thursday (12Feb15). The Visage frontman passed away in Egypt after suffering a heart attack and his celebrity pals have paid their respects to Strange, real name Steven John Harrington, on Twitter.com.
Culture Club star Boy George wrote, "Heartbroken about the death of my friend Steve Strange. So bl**dy sad. Such a big part of my life!", while Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon adds, "I'm very sad to announce that our friend Steve Strange has died in Egypt today. He was the leading edge of New Romantic. God Bless him."
Billy Idol writes, "Very sad to hear of my friend Steve Strange passing, RIP mate..... Vancouver we rock tonight in memoriam 4 Steve Strange who would b (sic) the first to want the show to go on, he was great!" while Kim Wilde shared a number of pictures of her with Strange without adding captions.
Actor Warwick Davis adds, "So sad to hear of the passing of Steve Strange. Lovely guy..."

A host of celebrities including George Clooney, Mcbusted and Warwick Davis teamed up to help raise $8.8 million (£5.5 million) for festive charity telethon Text Santa. The show raised its highest ever annual amount and brings the total over four years to $32.8 million (£20.5 million).
Clooney's much-anticipated cameo appearance in a Downton Abbey skit was aired, while Davis guest starred in U.K. soap opera Coronation Street alongside former Spice Girls singer Melanie Brown.
Members of supergroup McBusted undertook gruesome jungle tasks from reality TV show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! and host Phillip Schofield climbed to the highest point in Europe, the top of London's The Shard building.
The show was also hosted by TV personalities Anthony McPartlin, Declan Donnelly, Paddy McGuinness, Alesha Dixon and Christine Bleakley.
A spokesperson for U.K. network ITV, which airs the telethon, says, "It's been an amazing evening and I want to thank all the artists who took part and all the ITV viewers who have both donated to and got more involved with the charities as a result of Text Santa. It's all about raising awareness of the work of these excellent causes and giving viewers an evening of top class entertainment in the process."
All proceeds raised during the show go directly to charities hand picked by the stars involved.
The beneficiaries include Simon Cowell's choice of Guide Dogs, Ant & Dec's the Teenage Cancer Trust and Carey Mulligan's pick the Alzheimer's Society.

British actor Warwick Davis has apologised for posting a promotional message on Twitter.com during the two-minute silence observed by the U.K. public on Tuesday (11Nov14) to remember military veterans. The Harry Potter star tweeted a picture of his new luggage line on the micro-blogging site along with a plug for a baggage company at 11:01 local time, halfway through the two-minute silence to honour those who lost their lives in war.
Davis was blasted by some of his followers over the blunder, and the actor has now apologised, blaming the ill-timed tweet on an Internet connection issue.
However, he also risked worsening the situation when he admitted he was "not aware" of the planned silence, even though it takes place in Commonwealth nations every year at 11am on 11 November.
He writes on Twitter.com, "My sincere apologies for what appeared to be an ill-timed Tweet earlier today. I was not aware of todays (sic) 2 min silence. I will never forget... I had actually written the Tweet much earlier but it had not sent. The app then sent when there was an Internet connection at 11:01. Sorry."
Davis has since deleted the luggage message.

Actor Warwick Davis is set to make his return to the Star Wars franchise for the latest sci-fi instalment. The Harry Potter star originally played the Ework Wicket in Return of the Jedi when he was just 17, and now Davis, 44, is returning to his roots for the much-anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII.
He confirmed the casting news on Thursday (16Oct14) with a video posted on YouTube.com, in which he waits by his phone for 17 months - and even grows a beard in the process - until director J.J. Abrams finally calls and invites Davis to join the cast.
Production for the film is already underway, and Davis will join fellow original trilogy cast members including Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher.
It is not clear whether Davis, who also appeared in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, will reprise his role of Wicket or if he will be a new character.
Star Wars: Episode VII hits cinemas on 18 December, 2015.

British stars including Russell Brand, Cheryl Fernandez-Versini and Simon Cowell lined up to honour the country's bravest at the Pride of Britain Awards on Monday (06Oct14). The Who's Roger Daltrey, Peter Capaldi, McBusted, Jeremy Piven, Warwick Davis, The Saturdays and Union J were also among the celebrities who were on hand to pay tribute to 17 of the U.K.'s most inspirational citizens at London's Grosvenor House.
One of the winners was Sir Tim Berners-Lee, who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web. Prime Minister David Cameron presented the computer scientist with the accolade, noting "He's made the world seem a more connected place, and improved our ability to work together in it."
Prince Harry took part in the event by appearing in a video tribute honouring the wounded soldiers who participated in the Invictus Games, which took place in London last month (Sep14).
The royal, who also served on the organising committee for the Games, said in the footage, "To fight for your country takes courage but to move beyond life changing injuries takes the extraordinary level of grit and determination.
"I can only begin to imagine how challenging the journey of recovery is and the admiration I have for these men and women is limitless... Their stories move, inspire and humble me. They are as amazing as they are unique and I'm absolutely delighted that the team is receiving this Pride of Britain award."

British actor Warwick Davis and former singer Cilla Black are among the stars backing a campaign to raise money for the British Heart Foundation (BHF). Harry Potter actor Davis and veteran entertainer Black are calling on fans to donate their unwanted items including clothes, shoes, and DVDs to a local BHF store to help fund research into congenital heart disease.
Black says, "It was really therapeutic clearing out my wardrobe and finding items to donate to Bag it. Beat it. Why not get involved and donate your unwanted items to your local BHF shop, each bag donated will fund life-saving heart research, helping children fight congenital heart disease."
Other British stars backing the 'Bag It. Beat It.' campaign include comedian Jack Dee, TV presenter Carol Smillie, and professional dancer Anton Du Beke.

British actor Paul Grant has vowed to get help for drug and alcohol addiction. The dwarf actor, who has appeared in the Star Wars and Harry Potter movie franchises and David Bowie's Labyrinth, was caught snorting cocaine in pictures published by Britain's Sunday Mirror newspaper.
He confessed, "I need help" and revealed his problems began after the breakdown of his marriage, which left him homeless, and he stopped receiving work offers.
Grant, who is living in a friend's apartment, says, "My family has disowned me and work has dried up... I've been on cocaine and it has just got worse. I'm drinking and smoking what I can get.
"I'm all right but I do need help. I've got kids and a granddaughter... I'm going to give it a crack (go). I do want to get back to where I was... I've not been to see anyone, but if someone did offer me help or brought me help I would take it."

"The scenes in the great hall all look very magical, but you need to bear in mind that the great feast may well have been on the table for about 3 days, so it was inedible and smelled terrible. That said, creating those scenes, especially the ones that were set at Christmas time was really special." Actor Warwick Davis, who portrayed Professor Filius Flitwick, recalls Harry Potter scenes in Hogwarts' Great Hall.

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The most successful little person actor in the history of film, Warwick Davis enjoyed an amazing career in the fantasy genre. The 11-year-old's featured role in "Return of the Jedi" (1983) as Wicket the Ewok led not only to him reprising the character for several children's TV movies, but also work in "Labyrinth" (1986) and a starring role without extensive make-up or costumes in "Willow" (1988). Associations with two very different but successful franchises would ensure Davis's income and status as a working actor: the titular gleefully evil "Leprechaun" (1993) and all its straight-to-video sequels, as well as Hogwarts professor Filius Flitwick in every big-budget installment of the "Harry Potter" series. Proving he had considerable comedic chops on the Ricky Gervais hit series "Extras" (BBC Two, 2005-07) led the esteemed comedian to write the BBC comedy pilot "Life's Too Short" for Davis in 2010, the same year the actor published his autobiography. Although he achieved most of his success in fantasy and genre projects, Davis managed to maintain his dignity as well as bringing enormous enthusiasm and likeability to every character he embodied.